The Fundamentals of Caring
2016
***
Director: Rob Burnett
Cast: Paul Rudd, Craig Roberts, Selena Gomez, Jennifer Ehle, Megan Ferguson, Frederick Weller, Bobby Cannavale, Julia Denton
Ben's life fell apart after he lost his young son. Now he takes a job as a caregiver for Trevor, a young sarcastic man with muscular dystrophy. The two embark on a transformative road trip. Rob Burnett's comedy drama has likeable characters and performances, but the story is frustratingly mawkish and formulaic. Ben and Trevor pick up two hitchhikers and, wouldn't you know, the car trip fixes the lives of all four troubled individuals. Based on Jonathan Evison's 2012 novel The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving.
